We dont have a gavel. Committee on constitution of civil rights and Civil Liberties are called to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of this subcommittee at any time. Welcome everybody to todays hearing, hearing on evidence not a field hearing. On evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Todays hearing on evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination is part of a series of hearings that the house judiciary subcommittee on constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will hold over the course of this year to assess the current need for a reinvigoration of the preclearance requirement of the section five of the Voting Rights act 65 to consider other ways to strengthen that landmark civil rights statute. I am not sure why we say wee reinvigoration. Thats one of the words we toss arnold. It is not really a reinvigoration. It is more of a degradation that section four would cut out. We need
We dont have a gavel. Committee on constitution of civil rights and Civil Liberties are called to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of this subcommittee at any time. Welcome everybody to todays hearing, hearing on evidence not a field hearing. On evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Todays hearing on evidence of current and ongoing voting discrimination is part of a series of hearings that the house judiciary subcommittee on constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will hold over the course of this year to assess the current need for a reinvigoration of the preclearance requirement of the section five of the Voting Rights act 65 to consider other ways to strengthen that landmark civil rights statute. I am not sure why we say wee reinvigoration. Thats one of the words we toss arnold. It is not really a reinvigoration. It is more of a degradation that section four would cut out. We need
He turned the company around on his own, hes considered a great ceo, would he be a great secretary of state . Were going to discuss. Fast food executive andy puzder getting the nod for labor secretary, a fierce critic of bureaucratic rules and regulations and you heard him on this show criticizing minimum wage hikes for unintended consequences, causing employees to lose jobs instead of gain more money. I have a feeling liberals are not going to like this pick. All of it on the heels of two more big appointments. Wrestling and entertainment executive linda mcmahon, going to head the Small Business administration, she turned a small Regional Business into an entertainment empire, a Small Business success story. Certainly sounds like an sba win. General john kelly, the season commander knows it personally, he lost his son in afghanistan and charged with keeping us safe and protecting our borders. Hes the Third Military general to get the job with trump, the media freaking out over all of
Relationship. This does not sound like candidate donald trump who often made fun of the french when he was running for president. This certainly is a sign of how he has grown in office, at least in one respect here. Now he has a new friend on the world stage, and he indeed is the president of france. Also the new president of france. So im struck by that as he really has developed this bond here. But i assume that this is one of many state dinners to come, but it certainly has taken them slightly longer than other president s in their first year, anderson. Kate, as far as the event goes, the first lady really took a lead on the decision. On all of it. To add to jeffs point, i think the state dinner probably happened so late in the administration because the first lady wasnt living in the white house, really, until june. She wanted a hand in this. It takes months to plan. She has been working on it for months. She chose everything from the china, which is the clinton president ial china
Relationship, the special relationship. This does not sound like candidate donald trump who on made fun of the french when he was running for president. This certainly is a sign of how he has grown in office, at least in one respect here. Now he has a new friend on the world stage, and he indeed is the president of france. Also the new president of france. So im struck by that as he really has developed this bond here. But i assume that this is one of many state dinners to come, but it certainly has taken them slightly longer than other president s in their first year, anderson. Kate, as far as the event goes, the first lady really took a lead on the decision. Reporter on all of it. To add to jeffs point, i think the state dinner probably happened so late in the legislation was the first lady wasnt living in the white house, really, until june. She wanted a hand in this. It takes months to plan. She has been working on it for months. She chose everything from the china, which is the cl